All my homies will hate AccuWeather form now on.
this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2026
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Accuweather probably did this gleefully.
But seriously, they cannot be their own map provider, right, That makes no sense. Probably what happened is the map provider finally did it.
NWS probably has their hands tied. AccuWeather on the other hand is run by bootlickers. They’re deep enough in that sphere that Trump tried to put the CEO in as the head of NOAA during his first term. They’ve tried unsuccessfully lobbying to restrict NWS’s free forecasting (the one we all pay for) because it was interfering with their business model. I’ll leave the sexual harassment problems as an exercise for the reader. These are shitheads who were shitheads long before this. Don’t use that service.
If they're based in the US, they have to.
The rest of the world doesn't give a fuck about US executive order, so obviously life goes on and the places aren't name changed in the real world.
EOs aren’t laws or rules.
Executive orders do not apply to private companies. They apply to only the executive branch of the federal government - that's why they're called executive orders.
AccuWeather is choosing to be on Trump's side.
That's not exactly correct... They're called executive orders because they come from the executive branch, not because they only apply to the executive branch.
Executive orders primarily direct the executive branch, but they can also impose legally binding obligations on private companies when supported by constitutional or statutory authority.
Now, is this executive order specifically legally binding and supported by the constitution, lol no, it only applies to what the government has to call it. The companies are sucking his dick and showing their true colors.
Helpful to know your enemies, but completely harmless in and of itself. Recent estimates say the US can absorb seven more waves of Iranian attacks before they completely run out of interceptors, and interceptors ordered today won't be delivered until 2029... Americans don't realize just how badly Iran defeated them, and it's why he's openly contemplating using nukes, renaming a lake is a desperate attempt to distract from that.
Trump tried to appoint the former owner of AccuWeather to run NWS in the first term. They were always on his side. They are also the reason the NWS site looks like it’s from 2006.
Yeah but the NWS site works great like that. It's a little hard to navigate, but that's not a style problem.
After discovering WeaWow, all other weather apps are inferior.
If you want a similar open source option for Android (without the globe map), Breezy weather is great. It's on fdroid and you can also get it through obtainium. You can choose the weather source.
It doesn't have WeaWow's extensive widget options, nor does it seem to be able to just follow you around wherever you are and get the current conditions for that spot - you have to add locations to a list. My job has me going all over the place, so that's not in the least convenient.
There are around 20 customizable widgets and you absolutely can use GPS location weather.
Discovered it from your comment, immediately fell in love and donated. Thank you! :)
The one thing that drives me nuts about it is the location name. It just looks wrong to me to show only the city name without the state abbreviation - especially after a full street address.
My dream is for the Weawow project to continue for another 200 years, until we reach Type 1 on the Kardashev scale.
Because at the current level of human civilization, it is not possible to make 100% accurate weather forecasts, I believe that it is necessary to compare and consider many data sources.
But in 200 years there will be no more weather FORECASTS services, but 100% accurate weather PLANNING services.
Nice! This looks so cool, I love their visualisations so far. This might even rival my love for windy com
InaccuWeather
Isn’t accuweather owned by climate change deniers?
Then we shall report the error.
Jackasses
So brave
Good thing i stopped using AccuWeather years ago or i would have been caught up in this bullshit... oh wait i almost forgot i don't care either way.